durian
noun
the edible fruit of a tree, Durio zibethinus, of the bombax family, of southeastern Asia, having a hard, prickly rind, a highly flavored, pulpy flesh, and an unpleasant odor.
durion
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a variation of
durian.
Example Sentences
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Having selected three or four of these, he chopped them down, and dragged them up to the durion.
From The Castaways by Lolbran Pearse
The fruit of the durion proved not only pleasant eating, but exceedingly nutritious.
From The Castaways by Lolbran Pearse
Among them the durion is the most esteemed by the natives, and the mangosteen by Europeans.
From The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither by Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy) Bird
Every village consists of such houses as I have described before, grouped, but not by any means closely, under the shade of cocoa-palms, jak, durion, bread-fruit, mango, nutmeg, and other fruit-trees.
From The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither by Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy) Bird
In fact the color was due to the toasting and to a preserve, like turpentine, made from the fruit of the durion with honey made from sugarcane.
